Method of producing woven-reed articles.



, M. B. LLOYD] :METHOD OF PRODUCING WOVEN REED ART' ICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 19!]- Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

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MARsHALnB. LLOYD, or MnnoMINEa-MIcHIe AN.

METHOD OF PRODUCING \VDVEN-REED ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, rate.

Application filed July 17, 1917. Serial No. 181,056.

Tonll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARs IAm. B. Lnoi n, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Menominee, Michigan, have invented a certain new,useful, and Improved Method of Producing Woven-Reed Articles, of whichthefollowing is a specification.

Until recent date in the production of reed articles it has been theuniversal practice to weave the reed fabric into the form or shapeultin'iately desired. If the article be one which has a frame itpracticeto weave the fabric directly upon and thereby secure it to thearticle frame.

Applicant proceeds upon an entirely new principle and weaves the fabricin a shape convenient for the weaving operation and then if necessary,rc-shapes or re-forms the woven reed fabric to the form. For thosearticles which have a frame the fabric is woven independent of the frameand then secured thereto. is not claimed broadly here since it thesubject matter applicants application. Serial No. 109,7l is an exampleand by reference. to which a thorough undcrstz'mdingof the method ofoperating and the advantages to be gained will be better understood.Sullicc it here to statethat bythis method freedom of action is securedwhich greatly simplifies. chcapcns and often improves reed articles.

The general object of the present invention isfurthcr to cilitatc themanufacture of certain reed articlcs under the method before referredto. Further objects of the invention arc to climinate waste; to providea method whereby articles of ditlicult shape can be produced rapidlyeven by unskilled workers; and generally to reduce the hitherto highly.individualistic weaving of each rccd fabric to a factory method ofweaving" and assembling in the most convenient or acceptable manner.

My invention consists generally in the steps, acts and sequence thcrcofwhereby the above named objects, together with others which will appearhereinafter arc attainable and my invention will be more readilyunderstood by reference to the accompanying, drawings which illustratesteps in the production of an vcntion.

I n said drawings- Figure 1, iso perspective vicw of the upperport-ionof a reed article frame.

has been the universal desired shape or This novel method of otherapplications of which simplify, chcapcn and fa-- article under theprcscnt in Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the lower portlon of 'a reedarticle frame.

fabric for use in covering the upper and lower frame portions.

Fig. 4, is a plan view of the fabric shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, is a side elevation of the fabric of Figs. 3 and 4, but ininverted position.

Fig. 6, isa perspective view illustrating one of the fabrics applied tothe lower frame portion.

Fig. 7, is a perspective view bled, completed article applied to boththe tions, and

Fig. 8; is a vertical transverse sectional view passing through thecompleted article substantially on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

For the purpose of illustrating the prescnt invention Ihavc chosen todepict the manufacture of a babys bassinet, because this is fairlyrepresentative of a class of articles that can be advantageouslymanufactured under the present invention. This, it should be understood,

of the assemupper and lower por- The esufacture of an article having aframe is thought to be invention.

Referring now to the drawings, seals the upper frame portion of a babysbassinet and B. the lower portion thereof. The upper franic'portioncomprises a substantially rectangular upper frame member, 2, from theends ofwhich depend imvardly extending frame members 3. connected bysuitable cross braces 4. The lower frame portion B.,co nipriscs inthis'instancc a. tablelilcc top member 5. to which are secured suitablelegs. 6. which are rigidly connected by cross braces 7. The sizes of theupper and lower frame portion' A and B are substantially the same. thatis to say. the lower portions of the upper frame members 3, are sopositioned as to tit in suitable holes 8, providul therefor in the lowerframe men sutlicicnt to teach the present A represhowing the fabric isby way of illustra-' tion and not by way of limitation. 'scnce of thepresent inventlon consists in proher 53, and the perimeter of the upperframe member 2., is subs antially the same as a line around the lowerportions of the legs, 6, of the member B. Both of these frame portions Aand B are to be covered upon the sides with reed fabric and to this endI pro-- coed to provide a plurality of similar woven found mostconvenient to weave this fabric in circular shape and as the article inthis instance is -somewhat rectangular in shape I apply pressure to thesides of the fabric i lar shape in which condition it may be readily thefabric is applied to'the frame.

causing it to assume a rectangular form somewhat as indicated by thedotted lines in Fig. i. The fabric in this condition may be then readilyplaced over the lower portion B substantially as indicated in Fig. 6.

The projecting stake portions 10, of thefabri'c can be laid down eitherbefore or after The fabric is secured to the edges, 5, of the framemember, 5, and to the legs thereof by any suitable fastening devices,such for ex amplaas brads, tacks, or the like. Having thus pifodifcedthe lower part of the article,

I proceed next to produce the upper part.

This I accomplish in the present instance by using another reed fabrlcof the same size "and'shape illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, but in whichis inverted as illustrated in Fig. 5. Pressure is applied to the fabricof Fig. 5, causing it to assume a substantially rectanguplaced over theupper frame portion A, or in other words, the upper frame portion may beplaced within the fabric and the frame then mounted upon the lower frameportion thus completing the article as illustrated in Fig. 7. The lowerportion of the upper fabric is also preferably secured to thesides ofthe lower frame member 5. By laying down the stakes, a finished borderis formed as indicated in 12,.in Fig. 7. Of course, if dcsircd thefabric may be first secured to the edges 5 of the lower frame member 5,and then the frame A placed within the fabric. Of com-so, the upperportion of the upper,

' fabric issecured suitably to the frame mem bore 2 and 3 of the upperframmportion A;

In this manner the beautifully shaped symsuggest to others skilled inthe art to which this appertains, various methods whereby thesubstantial objects of the present invention may be attained, I do notwish to be limited to the specific steps shown and described or to theprecise sequence thereof except only as may be necessary to expresslimitations in the hereunto appended claims.

I claim:

1. 'lhg'e herein described method of producing a woven reed articlehaving a relatively small centralportion and relatiuely large top andbottom portions, that consists in providing identical tubular reedfabrics of conical form, and in securing the small end of one conicalfabric to the like end of the other conical fabric.

2. The herein described method of producing a woven reed article havinga relatively small central portion and relatively large top and bottom.portions, that consists in providing upper and lower frame portions oftapering form, inserting the frame v members into the fabrics small endfirst, and then securing the .small ends of the fra-m members together.

I In testimony thereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 22nd day ofJune, 1917, in the presence oftw'o subscribing witnesses. MARSHALL B.LLOYD.

Witnesses:

EARLE LINnsTRUM, Cncn. J. BELONGY.

